InjuryBoard Charleston Archives

• Offer of Settlement Made by State to Families of Students Killed In Virginia Tech Massacre

  Amy Rothschild | March 26, 2008 2:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  Virginia State officials have offered about $100,000 to each of the the families of those killed in the April 16, 2007 Virginia Tech massacre if they waive their rights to sue the State of Virginia and Virginia Tech. The State has said that even if they were to be sued and found liable, a state law known as "sovereign immunity" which means that the state can do no wrong., each families'...

• Salton Electric Toasters Under Voluntary Recall Due to Fire Hazard

  Amy Rothschild | March 20, 2008 2:14 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  On March 19, 2008, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that along with Salton, Inc., a voluntary recall has been issued for certain toaster oven models sold between 2000 and 2007. While no injuries have been reported, the toaster can turn on without bread in the slots and ignite items placed on top of it, posing a fire hazard. As an aside, QVC, a home shopping...

• Jury Awards Family $28 Million in Wrongful Shooting of 12 Year Old Boy By Police

  Amy Rothschild | March 11, 2008 2:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  Today, a federal jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, awarded $28 million to the family of a 12 year old boy who was shot by police on Christmas Eve in 2002. The boy was unarmed at the time he was killed. After the boy's death, his family filed a wrongful death claim against Troopers Samuel Nassan and Juan Curry alleging that they acted intentionally. Apparently, the jury agreed. The jury...

• 32 Pre-Schoolers Suffer Minor Injuries in School Bus Crash

  Amy Rothschild | March 10, 2008 12:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Thirty-two students at Harleyville-Ridgeville Elementary School, were headed to see "The Wiz" at Charleston Southern University on Thursday, March 6, 2008, when Dorchester District 4 school bus in which they were riding was involved in a head-on collision. On U.S. Highway 78 near U.S. Highway 178, the school bus collided with a sports utility vehicle driven by a county employee, Joe Simmons,...

• Mitsubishi Ordered To Pay $11 Million For Death Resulting From Defective Seatbelt

  Amy Rothschild | March 04, 2008 12:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  On February 26, 2008, a jury in Palm Beach County in Florida, ordered Mitsubishi to pay $11 million in damages to the parents whose 25 year old son died after being partially ejected from a sports utility vehicle. Of this amount, $10 million dollars was awarded for their son's pain and suffering and the rest was awarded for funeral expenses and other losses. Scott Laliberte, the deceased, was...